Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing into Thunderbird NDW4M In The Great Bear

In The Great Bear

Gail MacKay

an Indspire Indigenous Educator Award

Leroy Wolf Collar dealt with many of the same problems other Indigenous Nations face across the country

with illustrations by Sam Zimmerman

Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing into Thunderbird NDW4M In The Great BearNorval Morrisseau (19322007), Ojibway, drew his first sketches at age six in the sand on the shores of Lake Nipigon, and his first paintings were in cheap watercolour on birch bark and moose hide. By the end of his tumultuous life, the prolific self taught artist was sought by collectors, imitated by forgers and received the Order of Canada among other accolades. Critics, art historians and curators alike consider him one of the most innovative